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I I ERASER HOLDER. No. 368,159. Patented Aug. 9, 1887.

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hi8 ATTORNEYS UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIcE.

OSCAR MUSSINAN, JR, OF NEIV YORK, ASSIGNOR TO EBERIIARD FABER, OF PORT RICHMOND, NEWV YORK.

ERASER-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 368,159, dated August 9, 1887.

Application filed June 2, 1887. Serial No. 240,067.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Oscar 1\[UssINAN, J r., a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Eraser-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in eraser-holders, as set forth in the following specification and claim, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a front elevation of an eraserholder. Fig. 2 is a section in the plane a: :10, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an end elevation, partly in section, of an eraser-holder. Fig. at is a perspective view of an eraser-holder. Fig. 5 shows an eraser-holder applied to a pencil.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

In the drawings, the letter A designates a central uncut tube-shaped portion. Said portion is provided with soeketj aws B and eraserholdingjaws O. Said various parts are constructed by forming a sheet-metal tube and slitting said tube for a certain distance at each end, as seen in Fig. 4.

The eraser-holding jaws C consist of fiat bases, from which extend at right angles the blades D. The eraser- F is inserted into the erasenholding jaws, and then said jaws are pressed or hammered toward one another. The blades D are thereby caused to bite or cut into the eraser F until the flat bases of the jaws C strike against the eraser, as seen in Fig. 2. The eraser is then held firmly against lateral movement by the engagement of the blades D, and said eraser also has a firm rest against the flat bases of the jaws G.

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The socket-jaws B are adapted for the reception of an article, E, such as a pencil, crayon, brush, or the like.

The blades D of each pair of jaws, as seen in the drawings, are parallel to one another and extend or run from the unslit or uncut portion A outward, so that when the jaws are compressed, as seen in Fig. 2, said blades D get a longitudinal or lengthwise hold on the eraser F.

. Vhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

An eraser-holder consisting of the central uncut tube, A, )rovided at one end with the jaws B and at the other end with the twojaws 0, having flat inner surfaces arranged parallel to each other, each provided along its opposite longitudinal edges with the two flanges D D, at right angles to the flat surfaces of said jaws and adapted to hold an eraser, F, the opposite sides of which bear squarely against the parallel flat inner surfaces of the jaws, the two flanges ofeach jaw engaging and extending along the opposite sides of the eraser in the direction of the length of the holder to prevent lateral movement of the eraser and provide a flat base of support for each side of said eraser, all substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I havehereunto set my hand and seal in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

o. MUSSINAN, JR. [n 8.]

\Vitnesses:

\V. C. HAUEE, I E. F. KAs'rENHUnER. 

